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Zoom

Zoom

Zoom: Best Practices

In this one hour webinar, you will learn how to navigate basic tools to host a meeting
with ease and security, become familiar with the capabilities of Zoom, and learn how
to manage participants as a host while participating in a virtual synchronous meeting.

Online Tools

Creating & Using Infographics

Learn how to create and use Infographics to tell stories with data. Infographics are
so much more than data visualizations and are excellent options for students to create
to show what they know in a way that they otherwise could not on paper. Because Infographics
were made to be read on screens, they are the perfect medium for virtual learning.
We will cover the key elements of an Infographic, how to plan, and free platforms
for creating and viewing final products.

Padlet is an interactive, collaborative space online that allows teachers and students
to work together for a myriad of purposes. In this workshop, we will discuss the many
uses of Padlet as a presentation, collaboration, and process tool and showcase projects
and products that were created using Padlet.

Looking for a non-linear presentation alternative to PowerPoint? Then Prezi is for
you. Make interactive, engaging presentations that can do so much more than advance
forward and backward. Prezi offers user-friendly and intuitive tools to make presentations
that look and feel professional with advanced video options for including handouts/
screens over the instructor. Participants of this workshop will leave ready to create
differentiated, interactive classroom experiences, accessible to all of their students.

Using audio and/or video, teachers can more personally reach their students while
teaching remotely. Screencastify and Screencastomatic are tools that enable teachers
to share materials from their own screen while annotating and highlighting in real-time.
Teachers who use screencasting tools will find that it’s easier for students to work
at their own pace and makes it easier for them to engage in the technological world
in ways that are familiar to them.

This course is an introduction to Google Tools including strategies for implementation.
Google applications focus on collaboration, communication, and productivity to keep
users engaged and allow participants to actively contribute from any location or device.
Google’s suite of tools for education include Drive, Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides,
Site, Forms, Calendar, and more.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity: Working Securely From Home

Working from home presents a challenge to maintaining the protections over confidential
data that organizations work hard to manage in workplaces. Join us for a comprehensive
and entertaining presentation on practical best practices for employees working from
home while protecting their communications and sensitive data from unfamiliar threats.
Presented by cybersecurity lawyer, Patrick Burke of Phillips NIzer LLP, who advises
organization on protecting their data, and previously served as a Deputy Superintendent
at the New York State Department of Financial Services where he supervised their dedicated
Cybersecurity Examination Team.

Leadership Wellness

Session 1: Understanding Multi-Dimensional Wellness and the Impacts of Stress

Internal and external stress has a significant impact on every dimension of our lives:
our wellness, our mental health, and our social well-being. In this workshop, we will
explore the Seven Dimensions of Wellness, learn how to apply the Three Keys to Ignite
Potential, and experience tools that support us to deal more effectively with stress
and overload. These small shifts have a significant impact, supporting more energy,
more presence, more potential, and more innovation in our work and personal lives.

Session 2: Understanding Mindfulness and Meditation: The Art and Science of Self-Awareness

We practice Mindfulness to create a deeper self-awareness and improve our ability
to move out from under the impacts of stress, overwhelm, anxiety, PTSD and other reactive
states impacting our health. The tools of Mindfulness include breath, movement, visualization,
and meditation. Brain science and mindfulness research have shown us that when we
use these tools, we can powerfully enhance self-regulation, increase coping skills,
manage our choices more productively, and improve attention, focus, and concentration.
Participants will leave with a greater understanding of why self-awareness is essential
as well as easily integrated strategies and tools for their own lives and with students.

In a world where we are experiencing exponential increases in chronic illness, depression,
anxiety, hyper-connectivity, and stress, building our Emotional IQ is essential. We
will define emotional Intelligence, review the benefits of improved emotional IQ,
and explore our emotional vocabulary. Participants will experience a deeper understanding
of the science of emotion and learn how to cultivate greater emotional mastery. Emotional
mastery is the cornerstone for effective, powerful communication, cultivating empathy
and nurturing a leadership style of collaboration, solution-oriented mindset, and
innovation.

Session 4: The Positivity Project: The Science of Happiness and Success

Participants explore the neuroscience of gratitude, kindness, and cultivating happiness
and success in their lives, and in the lives of those they lead. This workshop shifts
our focus from external drivers and explores the impact of our internal patterns,
habits, and choices. We will re-emphasize and explore the impact of the Three Keys
to Ignite Potential: Self-Awareness, Solution Oriented Mindset, and Self-Responsibility.
We conclude this series with a reflection on our multi-dimensional wellness, and a
clarification of future goals and commitments